Colour

#A2E5ED

#A2E5ED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#A2E5ED is a cyan with RGB values 162, 229, 237 and HSL 186°, 68%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#A2E5ED

RGBrgb(162, 229, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.6353, 0.898, 0.9294

RGB percentages63.5%, 89.8%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(186.4, 67.6%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.4, 31.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK31.6%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,675,693

CSS custom property--colour: #A2E5ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69834WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.97:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#5D1A12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBDFEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CED5EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Tritanopia#87EAE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.3 Powder blue · ΔE 5.6 Light blue · ΔE 8.7 Sky blue · ΔE 13.8 Light cyan · ΔE 16 Light steelblue · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.3, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EDAAA2

Analogous#A2EDD0, #A2C0ED

Triadic#EDA2E5, #E5EDA2

Split complementary#EDA2C0, #EDCFA2

Tetradic#D0A2ED, #EDAAA2, #C0EDA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7FDFE

Lighter +10%#CDF1F5

Darker −10%#77D9E5

Darker −20%#4DCDDC

Darker −30%#28BCCE

Darker −40%#2095A3

More saturated +25%#94F0FB

Less saturated −25%#B0DADF

Channel breakdown

R162

G229

B237

Red162 (63.5%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue186.4°

Saturation (HSL)67.57%

Lightness78.24%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR A2 · G E5 · B ED

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